Improved wagon-brake



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GILBERT GIBBs, or FAI'RVIIIW,l INDIANA. Leaersraamlvo. 86,659,anatema/ry 9,1869.

IMIPRO'VED WAGON-BRAKE.

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To all whom it mgl/y concerne p Be it known that l, GILBERT GIBs, ofFairview, in the county of Switzerland, and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and usefullmprovements in Wagon- Brakes; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to-make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to that class of brakes which are so arrangedthat in coming down grades, the weight of the vehicle pressing on thehorses, acts to press the brakes against the wheels. u

The improvement consists in a lever and catch, so arranged that thevehicle maybe backed at pleasure, when the said lever is properlyplaced, without oper" ating the brakes, while the same lever may be usedat any time forbraking, .as-with ordinary brakes.l

The stay-chains are also-arranged so asto assist in releasing thebrakes, when pulling, while in backing, they do not interfere in theoperation.

Figure 1 vis a plan.

Figure, 2 is an elevation of the working-parts.

A is the coupling, broken away, to show the brakes;

B B are the fore wheels;

.0, the tongue; and

m m, the brakes. Thesebrakesfafe pivoted to the hounds, inthe forrnoflevers, by the pins of o, and are connectedat their inner-ends by alink, g, or other similar device. i

In the end of one'of the brakes is the hole s, into which is insertedthe rod y, which runs from thence,

forward under the tongue C, through staples, and projects a shortdistance beyond the tongue, where it is` formed into a ring, for thereception of the tongue or breast-chains, as shown.

On the'tongue, near ,thev whifle-tree, is the catchplate a, providedwith two reverse notches or catches;

va, is pivoted the lever c, the handle of the leverengaging with thenotches in the saidyplatefand the lower 4end connecting with the rod y.

When the lever c.is engaged with the rear catch, lthe vehicle may. bebacked at pleasure, the lever operating to prevent the bar y from beingpressed back and locking the wheels. Y

When released from the notch, the/pressure of the vehicle on the horses,in coming dowllifsteep grade, through the pressure on the forward'e ofthe rod y, will cause the brakes to comein contact with the wheels, thuslockingthem. Y

By pushing forward the lever into the front notch, as shown in iig. 2,the wheels may be locked at any time, and kept so,'=at pleasure.

The stay-chains are attached to the single-trees d d, and run fromithence to the brakes, and are attached at a, instead of being attachedto the whiie-tr`e`e and axle, as in ordinary cases.

The object of this latter arrangement is to assist in releasing thebrakes when the horses are drawing, and not interfering when they arebacking, by reason of the slacking `of the said chains.

All the reverse operations of the mechanism are clearly shown in redlines.

Having thus described my invention',

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is u .Themanner of attaching the stay-chains, one end ,y to the single-trees d d,and the other to the brakes m m, for the purpose and in the manner uasset forth. Witness my hand, this 7th day of July, 1868.

ha GILBERT l Grens.

` ark. Witnesses: m

H. CoNNnTI-, Jr.,

